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They make 100GB laptop drives. Hitachi, Seagate and a few others. Anyway -- marooko, newer laptops would use SATA. SATA has only been around for 5-6 years, and initially was quite expensive, so they weren't used in (relatively) low end laptops right off the bat because it would drive up the cost.

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No, that tells you that your machine thinks there are two drives there. One drive partitioned into two would show up exactly the same. It's possible, I suppose, but I've never seen a 100 gb drive in my life. They go 40, 60, 80, 120, 160, and then 250. Run a Belarc, I think that would tell you how many drives physically exist. Device Manager might as well.

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Well yes, but it's also the drive name given by default by the machine. Generally it's the serial number, sometimes the model number. Given that there's no automatically assigned drive ID to D, I'm betting 40 it's a partition.

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my concern with getting an external, is that i dont wanna knock it over, drop it or whatever....again. i want a large capacity external that i can unplug and put away. i also want more space IN my laptop.

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You should have no problem finding a 2.5" SATA drive at least 500GB for $100 or less, then, if that is what you want to do. 3.5" drives (normal size used in desktops) are cheaper, is all, so that would be a way to get larger capacity if you used an external enclosure. For example, 1TB drives are around $100.

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Right, but it's silly. Either way he's gonna need an external enclosure because I'm assuming he's gonna want to move some of the data. So he one data drive, wants a second one. The way you do this is buy a 2.5 inch enclosure and a 2.5 inch SATA drive, and if you want the majority of your space internal Marooko then fine--pull out the 120 gb, put in the new 500 gb, and put the 120 in the enclosure.

But I wouldn't be so confident in keeping a drive that size inside a laptop. Laptop drives have rough lives.

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Originally Posted by chiapet

You should have no problem finding a 2.5" SATA drive at least 500GB for $100 or less, then, if that is what you want to do. 3.5" drives (normal size used in desktops) are cheaper, is all, so that would be a way to get larger capacity if you used an external enclosure. For example, 1TB drives are around $100.

thats the plan. i think im gonna go with a 320 internal though. just wanted to be sure about the SATA bit. i just looked it up. what i read confirms your post.

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I can't remember the details, but I think some of their drives are OEM of another (considered less reputable) manufacturer. But I've honestly never had a problem with WD drives and have gone through many scores of them at work. If the reviews are about DOA, that can happen with any brand. (The only drives I've ever had show up DOA were ones that have near perfect ratings).

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I'm having some massive issues with my kid's computer. She keeps downloading viruses and I need some information on what kind of firewall I can put up or some shit to keep this from happening.

She has one on her computer that I discovered this morning; I started a virus scan before I left so hopefully I'll be able to get rid of it, but I need to know what I can use to help prevent these goddamn things in the first place. The kid is obviously too dingy to know when and when not to click on something.

Randy, I may need your help later.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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ive been in here way too often lately.

i installed adaware. it asked me to restart, i didnt because i was working. i leave for lunch and come back, save my shit, restart. starts up fine. i run adaware. from previous experience i know it can bog down your system, such is the case. PC kinda freezes, but i can still use my mouse. ctrl+alt+del wont do anything either. i wait about 15min and still nothing. i turn it off via power button. turn it back on and now it wont register my keyboard or mouse and wont start up all the way. WTF happened?!